Roles
| Role | Voice type | World premiere cast, October 29, 1787 Conductor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Vienna premiere cast, May 7, 1788 Conductor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Giovanni, a young, extremely licentious nobleman | baritone | Luigi Bassi | Francesco Albertarelli |
| Leporello, Don Giovanni's servant | bass | Felice Ponziani | Francesco Benucci |
| Il Commendatore (Don Pedro) | bass | Giuseppe Lolli | Francesco Bussani |
| Donna Anna, his daughter, betrothed to Don Ottavio | soprano | Teresa Saporiti | Aloysia Weber |
| Don Ottavio | tenor | Antonio Baglioni | Francesco Morella |
| Donna Elvira, a lady of Burgos abandoned by Don Giovanni | soprano | Katherina Micelli | Caterina Cavalieri |
| Masetto, a peasant | bass | Giuseppe Lolli | Francesco Bussani |
| Zerlina, Masetto's fiancée | soprano | Caterina Bondini | Luisa Mombelli |
| Chorus: peasants, servants, young ladies, musicians, demons | |||
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